As global demands for data sovereignty and compliance escalate, enterprise customers no longer purchase a single plug-and-play sovereign cloud platform; instead, they leverage a set of sovereign architectural options across various deployment models (such as public clouds with data boundaries, private clouds, and air-gapped solutions). This report evaluates 15 significant sovereign cloud platform providers globally, aiming to help enterprises make data-driven trade-offs and decisions between service availability and sovereignty requirements.
This report explores the agentic AI platform market targeting enterprise users and developers in the Asia & Oceania region. It systematically evaluates the performance of major cloud service providers based on technical capabilities, market penetration, and strategic positioning. The research highlights the rapid transition from generative AI assistants to autonomous agents, predicting that the agentic AI software market in Asia & Oceania will grow from $271 million in 2025 to $9.7 billion in 2030, representing a CAGR of 105%.
This report represents IDC's inaugural evaluation focusing specifically on front-office conversational (FOC) AI software for the Asia/Pacific region. The study addresses the unique complexities of the region, where businesses must navigate over 40 countries and thousands of languages. With 56% of businesses in the region having deployed a limited number of generative AI (GenAI) applications and Agentic AI still in the early proof-of-concept stages, the report aims to assess vendors based on their ability to provide region-specific offerings, including support for local languages, regulations, and cultural nuances, to enhance customer-facing operations.
This report evaluates the rapidly expanding market for AI application development platforms, which Gartner estimates will reach $5.2 billion in 2025 with an annual growth rate exceeding 30%. As 41% of software engineering leaders identify establishing AI engineering as a top priority, this research aims to assist enterprises in selecting suitable vendors for building AI agents, assistants, and multimodal applications by analyzing execution ability and completeness of vision.
This report provides comprehensive tracking of China's public cloud services market, covering IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS segments with vendor share analysis, industry breakdown, and five-year forecasts. In 2025H1, the China public cloud services market reached US$25.0B, growing 17.5% YoY, accounting for 5.2% of the global market. Intelligent computing has emerged as the primary growth engine, with AI workloads projected to surpass general computing before the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The research delivers actionable intelligence for cloud vendors navigating the AI-driven transformation, overseas expansion, and domestic ecosystem development.





